Exchange Server Supportability Matrix

The Exchange Server Supportability Matrix provides a central source for Microsoft Exchange administrators to easily locate information about the level of support available for any configuration or required component for supported versions of Microsoft Exchange.

The following table identifies the release model for each supported version of Exchange. The release model is identified by an X character.

For versions of Exchange prior to Exchange 2013, each update rollup package is cumulative with regard to the whole product. Therefore, if you apply an update rollup package to Exchange Server 2010, you apply all the fixes contained in that update rollup package. This includes all the fixes contained in each earlier update rollup package. When an update or a hotfix for earlier versions of Exchange is created, one or more of the binary files included in the update or included in the hotfix are cumulative. They are cumulative with regard to the contents of the files. However, they aren't cumulative with regard to the whole Exchange product. For more information, see Exchange 2010 Servicing.

With Exchange 2013, we changed the way we deliver hotfixes and service packs. Instead of the priority-driven hotfix release and update rollup model used by previous versions of Exchange, Exchange 2013 and later versions now adhere to a scheduled delivery model. In this model, cumulative updates are released every three months. A cumulative update (CU) for Exchange 2013 and later is released as a full refresh of that version of Exchange, similar to a product upgrade or a service pack release. For more information, see Updates for Exchange 2013.

Exchange 2007 reached end of support on April 11, 2017, per the Microsoft Lifecycle Policy. As a reminder, after that date there will be no new security updates, non-security updates, free or paid assisted support options or online technical content updates. Furthermore, as adoption of Office 365 accelerates and cloud usage increases, custom support options for Office products will not be available. This includes Exchange Server as well as Office Suites; SharePoint Server; Office Communications Server; Lync Server; Skype for Business Server; Project Server and Visio. Having reached the end of support date for Exchange 2007, we encourage customers to complete their migration and upgrade plans. We recommend customers to leverage deployment benefits provided by Microsoft and Microsoft Certified Partners including Microsoft FastTrack for cloud migrations, and Software Assurance Deployment & Planning Services for on-premises upgrades.

The following table identifies the Active Directory environments with which each version of Exchange can communicate. Supported environments are identified by an X character. An Active Directory server refers to both writable global catalog servers and to writable domain controllers. Read-only global catalog servers and read-only domain controllers aren't supported.

The following table identifies the Web browsers supported for use together with the light (basic) version of Outlook Web App or Outlook on the web. . Supported browsers are identified by an X character.

Note:

Outlook Web App Basic (Outlook Web App Light) is supported for use in mobile browsers. However, if rendering or authentication issues occur in a mobile browser, determine whether the issue can be reproduced by using Outlook Web App Light in the full client of a supported browser. For example, test the use of Outlook Web App Light in Safari, Chrome, or Internet Explorer. If the issue can’t be reproduced in the full client, we recommend that you contact the mobile device vendor for help. In these cases, we collaborate with the vendor as appropriate.

The following table identifies the version of Microsoft Exchange that can be used together with the Microsoft Exchange Inter-Organization Replication tool (Exscfg.exe; Exssrv.exe). The tool is used to replicate public folder information (including free/busy information) between Exchange organizations. For more information, see Microsoft Exchange Server Inter-Organization Replication. Supported versions are identified by an X character.

The following table identifies the version of the Microsoft .NET Framework that can be used together with each version of Exchange. Supported versions are identified by an X character.

Important:

Releases of .NET Framework that aren't listed in the table below are not supported on any version or release of Exchange. This includes minor and patch-level releases of .NET Framework.

Note:

When upgrading Exchange from an unsupported CU to the current CU and no intermediate CUs are available, you should upgrade to the latest version of .NET that's supported by Exchange first and then immediately upgrade to the current CU. This method doesn't replace the need to keep your Exchange servers up to date and on the latest, supported, CU.Microsoft makes no claim that an upgrade failure will not occur using this method, which may result in the need to contact Microsoft Support Services.

.NET Framework

Exchange 2016 CU8

Exchange 2016 CU5 - CU7

Exchange 2013 CU19

Exchange 2013 CU16 - CU18

Exchange 2010 SP3

.NET Framework 3.5

X1

.NET Framework 3.5 SP1

X

.NET Framework 4.0

X1,2

.NET Framework 4.5

X1,2

.NET Framework 4.6.2

X

X

X

X

.NET Framework 4.7.1

X

X

1 If you are using Windows Server 2012, the .NET Framework 3.5 must be installed before you can use Exchange 2010 SP3.

2 Exchange 2010 uses only the .NET .NET Framework 3.5 and .NET .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 libraries. It doesn't use the .NET .NET Framework 4.5 libraries if they're installed on the computer. We support the installation of any major or minor version of .NET .NET Framework 4.5 (for example, .NET .NET Framework 4.5.1, .NET .NET Framework 4.5.2, and so on) as long as .NET .NET Framework 3.5 or .NET .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 are also installed on the computer.

The following table identifies the version of the Windows Management Framework, which contains the Windows PowerShell command-line interface, that can be used together with each version of Exchange. Supported versions are identified by an X character.

Windows PowerShell

Exchange 2016

Exchange 2013

Exchange 2010

Windows PowerShell 2.0

X

Windows Management Framework

Version of Windows Management Framework built into the release of Windows Server you're installing Exchange on.

Version of Windows Management Framework built into the release of Windows Server you're installing Exchange on.

Version of Windows Management Framework built into the release of Windows Server you're installing Exchange on.1